headcanon that both erik and charles are absolute shite at chess but they both assume they’re fantastic because they never play anyone else
Charles probably suspected something was wrong when Erik’s rook “jumped” Charles’ Bishop, but didn’t want to admit he didn’t know that rule.
“Ah, the ‘moving three pawns at once’ opening. Audacious, Erik, audacious.”
The prison guards in x2 watching the game over the cameras like…
“W-What are they…what’s going on – Matt look at this shit.”